contingence

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of CONTINGENCE

something that might happen <the collapse of that nation's economy was one contingence that the architects of the war hadn't planned on>

Synonyms case, contingence, contingency, contingent, eventuality, possibility

Related Words probability; accident, chance, hap, hazard, risk

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